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Furman celebrates award recipients at 2024 Bell Tower Ball

Furman University presented a number of major awards at its annual Bell Tower Ball Saturday, Feb. 17.

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Emily Schuck to lead enrollment at Furman

Emily Schuck has been named vice president for enrollment management at Furman University following a national search. Schuck, who is currently the assistant vice president for enrollment management at Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio, will...

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Ravenel Curry pledges $10 million gift for Furman’s Timmons Arena renovation

The gift is the largest in Furman Athletics history and will be the cornerstone of a $40 million project, funded primarily by donations, to make Timmons a premier venue among mid-major universities in the nation.

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For graduates, Summer Commencement marked ‘the beginning of a lifetime of learning’

More than three dozen students were eligible to receive degrees during the Davis Chapel ceremony, including many in graduate programs that ended in the summer term.

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Advantage Scholars begin building their Furman families

The Riley Institute’s Advantage Scholars Summer Program brought together dozens of incoming Furman first-year students who are recipients of Duke, Hollingsworth, Townes and Vaughn scholarships to spend a few days on campus in July getting...

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Summer Research Fellow probes philosophy of dark comedy

Catherine Davis ’24 loves Mr. Meeseeks, a “little adorable creature that you can summon to achieve one task in life, and then he can vanish forever,” explained the philosophy major. But in the universe of...

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Roe v Wade ruling by Supreme Court affects more than abortion rights

In the days following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, we asked Furman faculty members about the moment. They weighed in with expert perspectives representing government and politics (including Constitutional law and...

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Pride is personal and political for alumnus Tensley

Brandon Tensley '12, a national political writer for CNN Politics, has covered LGBTQ issues as a journalist for years. He recently wrote about ways people can learn more about Pride, so we asked him to...

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The silencing of LGBTQ voices in U.S. public schools

In a piece he wrote for Shuddhashar's education issue, A. Scott Henderson, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Education at Furman University, describes the ways in which conservative political groups in the U.S. have...

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MayX Snapshot: Modern minds examine an ancient discipline

This week, we’re highlighting courses from May Experience – a chance for students to explore topics beyond the typical academic year. COURSE: Yoga in America INSTRUCTOR: Diane Boyd, associate dean of faculty development and executive...

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Furman Rugby Club competes for collegiate championship

The Furman University Rugby Club claimed third place in its division during the USA Rugby 7s Collegiate Championship last weekend in Georgia. The event, which took place at Fifth Third Stadium on the campus of...

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The Spring 2022 magazine is here

In the Spring 2022 issue of Furman magazine, read about the future of work, how the Furman family remembered Rev. Pitts, a new way to make an impact through FurmanWIN, and the hallmarks of leadership...

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